As a result of the review, Ward 6 will now be known as Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim and the number of councillors in Arbroath East and Lunan (Ward 7) will reduce from four to three.

Local Scottish Government Elections on May 4, 2017, will be contested on this basis.

Electors in Brechin who previously voted at the Damacre Centre and the Mechanics Institute should check their official poll card which will be delivered before next year’s local government elections for details of their where they should go to vote.

On that date and for all future elections, registered voters who previously attended at The Mechanics Institute in Brechin to vote should now attend at The Theatre, Brechin Community Campus.

Similarly, those who voted at the Damacre Centre in Brechin should now vote at The Mechanics Institute. Electors will find details of the polling place they should attend on their official poll cards when they are delivered prior to any election.